Welcome to the age of the Ultra Low Cost Carrier. Lets just hope they don't have shared occupancy hotel rooms for the crews. I would mind buying my own lunch but a shared room bites.

Skyhigh

 

i used to laugh it off when people would say that i just fly a big bus in the sky. now all i need to do is fly for skybus so i can finally realize that dream

 

"Skybus, which plans to acquire more than 70 aircraft during the next five years, hopes to be able to undercut rivals by selling advertising space inside and outside its planes and charging for priority seating and checking bags."

Well well what do we have here...a flying poster board. Maybe we should change there name to "Skyposter"

 

ARE THESE GUYS KIDDING...PLEASE SAY THIS A JOKE...CAUSE IM NOT LAUGHING....(although it is funny)

The Skybus Rules of Flying
(A.K.A. How we keep our tickets so darn cheap.)
1. Don’t pay for everyone else’s baggage.
On Skybus, you pay only for what you check. The first two bags are 5 bucks apiece. After that, it’s $50 a bag (yeah, so pack smartly). Less baggage means faster turnaround and cheaper tickets. Fair deal?

2. Hungry? Thirsty? Bring cash.
Most people love our full cocktail bar and food menu, but if you’re not into that, it won’t cost you a penny. Why should your ticket cost include your neighbor’s dinner? That also goes for blankets and pillows–which, by the way, you get to keep if you buy. Oh, and don’t sneak food onboard unless you brought enough for the whole plane.

3. Bring a book.
We’re not big fans of fancy in-flight entertainment systems. So grab that best seller at the airport, or buy a Sudoku puzzle onboard if you’re feeling brainy. You’ll touch down before you know it.

4. Don’t call us.
We don’t have a phone number. Seriously. We’d love to chat, but those phone banks are expensive. And a good website like skybus.com is even more convenient.

5. Don't be late. We won't wait.
Please arrive no later than 30 minutes before takeoff, or we’ll leave without you. Really. By that time, there won’t even be anyone to check your bag. It’s nothing against you–we just have to keep our flights on time, or things get expensive in a hurry.

6. Don’t expect an army of gate agents.
You probably won’t see any agents at the gate until boarding time. Remain calm! Just print your boarding pass at skybus.com and relish in the savings.

7. Yeah, we’ve got preferred seats. Sort of.
There are no fancy reclining beds onboard, but you can pay 10 bucks extra to board our brand-new A319 airplanes before anyone else.

8. Tickets are nonrefundable.
Refunding a ticket costs everyone, so we don’t allow it. Of course, our tickets are so cheap it wouldn’t have been much of a refund anyway. If you need to change a ticket, your punishment for breaking a date with us is $40.

9. Bigger is not better.
Big airports can be a big pain. We choose less crowded and more convenient secondary airports for better punctuality and, of course, lower prices.

10. No spontaneous dancing in the aisle.
We realize you might be excited about paying a ridiculously low fare, but please refrain from any unbridled dancing onboard. This includes jumping for joy, disruptive cheering, and celebratory break dancing.

 

11. Help keep costs low. You too can become a Skybus pilot!

 

Any pilot who goes to work for them should be taken out to the hangar and beaten severely with a rubber hose.

 

Why not invest 150k to become a pilot. Seems like a no-brainer to me! 65k a year if your a captain wow. And people are still signing up for this? What are they hearing that Im not?

 

Skybus will be gone in 5 years. They have no hope. As soon as someone flies Skybus, and realizes they can't bring their own food on board, they will never fly their again. No gate agents. No phone numbers. Car salesmen flight attendants. All that means no customer service.

Skybus will be extinct in 5 years!!

Now, lets ask a better question. Who is going to buy their A319's when they go out of busines???

 

theyre leased arent they

 

Did Skybus do the same differed payment leases the Jet Blue did, with Airbus back in the day?